1. 15 New Spine Devices & Systems.        

2. Dr. Kenneth Pettine on the Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery.

3. 8 Steps for Accurate Spinal Injection Coding & Documentation.          

4. Spine Surgeons: What percentage of cases do you/could you perform in an outpatient surgery center?

Dr. Hyun Bae (Calif.): About 25 percent.

Dr. Brian Gill (Neb.): I would only feel comfortable doing a few procedures at an ASC.

Dr. Walter Eckman (Miss.): We feel 95% of our lumbar patients could be done as outpatients.

For full answers and next week's question, 

5.10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 14-16, Chicago). Receive guidance on improving the profitability of your ASC with specialties in spine, orthopedics and pain management. To learn more and register, click here.   

6. Texas Back Institute Becomes Official Spine Specialists of FC Dallas Professional Soccer Team.    

7. Biomet Makes $280M Offer on DePuy's Trauma Business.

8. Public Coverage May Surpass Private By 2015.  

9. 10 States With Most Medicaid Fraud Investigations, Convictions.   

10. 13 Essential ASC Benchmarks & How to Stay Ahead of the Curve.